More Jumping JavaScript with CDROM (Sun Microsystems Press Java Series) [Paperback]

Janice Winsor (Author), Brian Freeman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sun Microsystems Press Java Series | Publication Date: December 1998

A sequel to the best-seller Jumping JavaScript, this book focuses on new and sophisticated JavaScript 1.2 features, showing non-programmers and Web developers how to supercharge their sites with a minimum of effort and complexity. Janice Winsor and Brian Freeman start by walking through the latest enhancements and refinements in JavaScript, including the ECMAScript cross-platform standard, the GUI builder and new debugging tools. They introduce great practical techniques for layering and stylesheets, with coverage of downloadable fonts, applying CSS to content, and more. You'll learn how to use object signing to maximize applet security. Next, you'll walk step-by-step through the new JavaScript event model; global properties, events and methods; and several important new objects. The book concludes with a full chapter of advanced examples covering menu bars, DHTML, and more.

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About the Author

Janice Winsor is a recognized best-selling author on Solaris system administration, and co-author of Jumping JavaScript (Prentice Hall PTR). Brian Freeman, formerly an engineer in SunSoft's Desktop Technologies Internet Applications Group, is co-author of Jumping JavaScript (Prentice Hall PTR). He is currently technical lead for SGI's Web site.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0139228322
• ISBN-13: 978-0139228322
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,288,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written and not organized well., April 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: More Jumping JavaScript with CDROM (Sun Microsystems Press Java Series) (Paperback)

The book is simply written poorly. There does not seem to be enough explanations for the scripts. The examples in the book and on the CD feature the problematic "program snippets" that are of no real value to an actual project. The level of reading in this book suggests that the reader really has a grasp on Javascript. In addition, this book deals with Netscape-comaptible Javascript. There are better books for the money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WORST OF THE CROP, June 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: More Jumping JavaScript with CDROM (Sun Microsystems Press Java Series) (Paperback)

This book fails to deliver as a reference and teaching aid. I found the examples to be lacking in details and ad hoc. The book does not cover DHTML throughly, and most of the information can be found on websites. It tries to do too much. The only redeeming value of the book seems to be the list of online indexes and references that are found in the introduction. For web developers, I would recommend the Core series or the O'Reilly Javascript and Dynamic Html: A definite guide. The information contained is much more complete.

1.0 out of 5 stars No GOOD!, April 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: More Jumping JavaScript with CDROM (Sun Microsystems Press Java Series) (Paperback)

Well I have read this book and I hardly even learned something, because it didn't explain very well. Example: It talked a little about a script, then it showed the html for it...not enough explanation...I didn't learn even one thing...I strongly encourage you not to buy this book.